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The Underage Breadwinners - Child Labor in India
(Source:National Geographic) The Indian government-affiliated V.V. Giri Labour Institute estimates there are 12.5 million children younger than 14 working in India. UNICEF puts the figure at somewhere between 75 and 90 million. Why are so ...
The battle for reserved status: Dalits vs Neo-Dalits vs OBCs
Dalits are finding Christianity and Islam especially attractive and are converting in droves to escape their branding as Dalits. They are often referred to as the "Neo-Dalits" in the media. But Christian and Islam Dalit converts stand to lose not ju...
Binayak Sen : Guilty as Charged?
Dr. Binayak Sen was arrested under the Chattisgarh Special Public Security Act, 2005 (CSPSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. He has been accused of passing letters from an imprisoned Maoist leader to operatives outside the jail, p...
The "Outcastes" and how they try to make it out of the caste system
Recently, The Wall Street Journal ran an article (In India Dalits convert to Christianity and face extra bias - Yaroslav Trofimov) rightfully critical of the caste system but also calling the absence of extended protection to Christian Dalit converts...
